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At a time when Britain prepared for what would be an historic general election, the industry was still trying to assess the potential implications of The Digital Economy Bill. Meanwhile, the BBC rocked established games models by announcing four free Doctor Who games while Gizmodo got into all sorts of …

It was a time before the iPad. It was also a time of economic turmoil as the industry continued to battle with the global recession and year-on-year sales continued to plummet. The first three months of the year also saw Project $10 pick up steam, meltdown at Infinity Ward and …

Kids spend too much time indoors watching TV and playing games BLAH BLAH BLAH. Let’s cut to the chase. The headline of this press release reads as follows: "One in five schoolchildren can’t tell the difference between a wasp and a bee, a study reveals today." A cutting edge study …

Crystal Dynamics has announced that a Tomb Raider PS3 trilogy pack will be released in Q1 2011. The release will include Tomb Raider Legend, Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Underworld on one Blu-ray disc. A retail listing appeared on Amazon Germany before developer Crystal Dynamics confirmed its authenticity. Global …

Reports suggest that Microsoft is working on a downloadable update for its motion camera Kinect that would effectively quadruple its level of accuracy. Eurogamer reports that the platform holder hopes to make it so accurate that it will be able to detect finger movement and hand rotation. How can this …

Having yesterday been crowned as the fastest grossing release of all time on the Apple app store, Epic-owned developer Chair Entertainment has admitted that Infinity Blade began life as an Xbox 360 Kinect title. We always have some cool ideas on deck, and kind of the inception of Infinity Blade …

OnLive has been granted the ‘cloud gaming’ patent its CEO had filed eight years ago. Steve Perlman applied for the patent protection back in 2002. Today he declined to comment on whether he would, or could, sue rival firms that use similar technology. The patent will likely intensify the enmity …

Online gaming tool 'helps devs provide multiplayer on deadline'

A new range of Dead Space merchandise is rolling out to make the franchise even bigger. EA is launching novel Dead Space Martyr, Blu-ray and DVD animated movie Dead Space Aftermath and comic Dead Space Salvage early next year to support the upcoming sequel to 2008’s third-person action shooter. These …

Capcom has announced Dead Rising 2: Case West will be released later this month. Case West will be made available exclusively through Xbox Live Marketplace on December 27th and will cost 360 owners 800 Microsoft Points. The game is a download-only sequel to Dead Rising 2, which hit shelves back …